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GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
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place over Randy Evans, Jerry Black, Greg Ayers
and Craig Furman.
The Support class main saw an ea rly batt le
between Tony Wood and Mike Dalbey with Dalbey fina lly ta king t he lea d , clip p in g Wood's
front wheel as he went by . Wood held on and
ended up in second place with Rick Pearce third ,
Dennis Stepane nko fourth, Kenny Han sen fifth
and Aaron Nichols sixth.
The Su p po r t beg in n er main saw Rand y
DiFrancesco take the lead off the start wi th Kon
Bauer challenging but wh en Bau er took a tumble at the begin ning of la p two, DiFran cesco
cr u ised home unm olested to w in over G reg
Starcevic, Bryan Thompson , Ton y O'Neil, David
Lynch - who also fell but go t going aga in, a nd
Baue r.
The first co u ple laps of th e Sidecar main
even t were a real barnburner as National Champions Dirk Ga rd ne r an d Dou g Lyn ch battled
side-by-side with Dave and Ray Steph ens, but
then the Stephens rig lost control a nd spun into
the infield, ending their challenge and allowing
Gard ner and Lynch to take the win over D on
Ho rsley and Jeff Medberry, a nd Kevin and Rick
Rogers .
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Finall y, ther e were the juniors, who put on
their usua l good sho w with Ryan Fisher emerging as the winner over Michael Hull and Jeremy
Sim mons in First Division . Patrick Don ovan
took the Second Division honors over Robert
Le van do sk i an d Josh O ' Nea l, and Little Jesse
Li ttle wo n the Th ird Di v isi on over Robert
Wha len and Galina Miller.
Result s
SCRATCH: 1. Cha rlie Ven egas; 2. Jim EsIe5; 3. Walt Farn um;
4. Du stin Evans.
HDCP: 1. Matt Becker: 2. Charlie Venegas; 3. Randy Eva ns; 4.
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Jerry 8Iack; 5. Gn.-gAyers.
SUP : 1. Mike Dalbey 2. Ton y Wood 3. Rick Pear ce 4. Dennis
Step aneko 5. Kenny Ha nsen.
BEG: 1. Randy Difrancesco 2 Greg Starce vic 3. Bryan
Th ompson 4. Tony O' Neal S. David Lynch .
SOCA R: 1. Dir k Gardner/ Doug lynch; 2. Don Ho n;leylJ e ff
Mooberry ; 3. Kevin Roge rs/ Rick Rogers ; 4. Dave SIt'J'hens / Ray
sur
Srep hens.
JR (0.1): 1. Ryan Fisher; 2 Michael Hull ; 3. Jerem y Simmon.s .
JR (O-2): 1. Patri ck Donovan; 2. Robert Levandosk i; 3. Josh
O' Neal.
JR (0-3): 1. J L'SSe little; 2. Robert Whalen; 3. Galina Miller .
Beck and Beck
prevail at Starwest
By Davi d Procida
MORENO VALLEY, CA MAY7
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It wa s the father and son team of Jim and Jason
Beck that took the spo tlight in roun d five of the
Truck/KTM Give--A-Way Series at Starwest MX.
The sen ior Beck, Jim, did the deed in the 40+
Novice class, while his son, Jason, roosted to victory in the ·125cc Beginner divisi on.
The 40+ Novices were teamed up wi th the 25
a n d 30+ riders, which ultimately made for an
exciting race. In the firs t mo to, Ray Simmo ns
(40+) surprised everyone , including him self, by
leading the entir e pack into the first tum, riding
the rear wh eel of his Honda CR2S0 the entire
lengt h of the start straight.
However, his moment of glory ended almos t
as fast as it lasted , when 30+ class riders Marc
Keech and Jer ry Sechler rocketed by Simmon s
two turns later. Simmons was forced wide and
this allowed fello w 40+ riders Beck and Ch ris
Schlickenmeyer to close in."
Beck stu di ed Simmons lines for one compl ete tr ip aro u nd th e Starwest cou rse before
pickin g his spo t, as Simmons w ent out to the
berm, Beck d ov e to th e insi de and made the
pass. Schlickenmeyer had things a little tou gh er,
as he wa s nursing a sore sho ulder and wasn 't
attem pting to jump the infield dou ble.
On the follow ing lap Schlickenmeyer go t. a
bre a k, as Simm ons spun his Ho nda a full 360degrees around, as he was attemp ting to go for
the sa m e doubl e-jump. Simmons regrouped
quic kly and chased after Schli ckenmeyer. Two
laps later, the tw o rid ers we re nose to tail but
had caught up to lapped traffic.
As Schlickenmeyer went to go aro und a lappe r, he was forced to the extreme ou tsid e when
the rid er went to the ou tside as we ll. This left
Sim mo ns with a cl ear in sid e lin e a nd he
mot ored, once agai n, into the num ber two slot.
The moto came to a close wi th Beck taking the
checkered, Schlickenmeyer cha sed Simmons to
the finish line but came up a bike length short.
Mota tw o sa w Mark Strou p gra b t he
holesh ot with Beck ho t on his heels, a few riders
back, Schlickerimeyer was d oing his best to hold
off Simmon s, jus t w he n Simmon s seeme d to
have made a clean pass the CR250 rid er bobbled
an d lost a few bike lengths on Schlickenmeyer' s
Honda.
Simmons, after quickly regrouping, made an
even more in tens e charge for the number two
position and this time made the pass d own the
back straightaway, Schlickenmeyer was far from
fin is hed , as he rep assed Simmons in the tigh t
18th ANNUAL
GOOD TIME NATIONAL
JULY 1 & 2, 1995
Darin Murdock placed seco nd In the 125cc
Beginner class at Starwes t MX.
Place:
esses, usin g the agility of his CRl2S to overcome
the brute strength of his oppo nent's CR250.
O n ce ba ck in to secon d Scfili ck enmeyer
began to d ose on Beck, the Kawasaki ride r ha d
go tten stuck behin d a few lappers and had lost
gro und to both of the H ond a rid ers, ho wever,
the white flag had just come out and now it was
u p to Beck to hold onto the lead . Beck rod e flawles sly to th e chec ke re d w ith Schli cke n meyer
always right th er e waiting for th e erro r th a t
never happened .
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The youn ger Beck - Jason - had a mu ch easier time in the first rnoto, with a wire- to-wire win
in the 125cc Beginner class ahead of Darin Murdock and Jus tin Gu tierrez .
Mota tw o started out the same but things got
exciting when Beck went d own and was forced
to charge up through the ranks and fina lly overtook Murdoch on th e last la p. Gutierr ez fol lowed the pair across the finish line with Casey
New house and N athan Rovchovitz roundi ng
ou t the top five.
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Results
P /W STK A: 1. Mich ael Parker (Ya m) .
P/ W SfK B: 1. Ja fTl'd Brown e (I<'Tht); 2 Sean Mcfn roe (Yam );
3. Michael laPagl ia (KTM); 4. Justin Workman (Ya m); 5. Brya n
Mintl"l' (KTM ).
P/ W BEG STK (4-6): 1. War ren Da vis III (KTM); 2. Chase
Taka cs (Yam); 3. Cbaris Aleks iejczyk (Ya m); 4. Chad Gores (KTM);
5. Bryan Minier (KTM).
P/W BEG STK <7-8): I. Michael Raines (Yam); 2 Cod y Johnson (KTM); 3. Dustin Robert2:I (Yam); 4. Mikal Overma n (KTM); 5.
Terrence Schoelcn (Yam) .
r /w BEG MOD (4-8): 1. Bryan Brimha l (Yam); 2.·Ch ri 8 Alek s iejczy k (Yam); 3. Jeff loop (Yam); 4. Noah Hernandez (Yam); 5.
Kamero n Scott (KTM).
. P/W A MOD: 1. Mkhat'1 Par ker (Ya m); 2 And rew Naso n
(Yam) .
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B MOD: 1. Michael I...::lPaglia (KTM); 2. JU lin Wor kman
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(Yam); 3. Tay lor Gilm o re (Yam) .
P /W STARTER (4 ~6): 1. C haz D iesel (Yam ); 2 . Ge ra ld
Rodrigue z (Yam); 3. Mike Meade (KTM ); 4. Cod y Longnecker
(KTM); 5. TraviM Christensen (Ya m).
60 (6-8): 1. Jos hua Grant (Ka w ); 2 Clrl08 Gonzalez (Ka w ); 3.
Kelly Ted d er (Ka w); 4. Brian Bums (K aw ): 5. Do na ld Cho lla r
(Kaw).
60 (9-11): 1. Jesu s Casilla s (Ka w ); 2 Ca le Wallace (Kaw); 3.
Luis Jauregui (Kaw); 4. Bria n Burns ( Ka w ); 5. Donald Cholla r
U(aw).
so (9-11): 1. Jes us Cas illas (Kaw); 2. C ale Wall ace (Ka w ); 3.
l uis Jauregui (Kaw) ; 4. Jason Med iruJ (Kaw); 5. Clinlo n Pier ce
(Kaw).
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80 W-l 1): 1. j ason Cia rletta (Suz.); 2. JL'S U S Castilla...Jr. (Yam);
3. Da te n Bea ve rs (Ha n); 4. Anthony Bru cell a (Suz); S. Nat han
Rivera (Ka w ).
80 BEG (12-16): 1. David Sullins (Yam); 2 . Brand on Ai ppin
(Yam); 3. Derek Lindsey (Hon); 4. Jeff D.1Se (Suz) ; 5. Danny Mohr
(Ha n) .
80 (12·13) : 1. Chri'l Rogers (Suz); 2. Cliff Jen nings (Kaw ).
80 (14-16): 1. Robby Couse (Suz).
S/MINI: 1. Tim Lagd on (Kaw).
WMN : 1. Meshay Garcia (Yam); 2 Mary Man ha rd (Y.l m).
125 BEG: 1. Jason Beck (Ho n); 2. Darin Murd och (H en) : 3.
Ju stin G u tie r rez (Yam); 4. Casey Newh ouse (Kaw ); 5. Nathan
Rochovitz (Suz).
125 NOV: 1. Dustin Lund e (Ka w); 2. Lance White (Kaw ); 3.
Cory G ib bons (Ho n): 4. Ro y Pa ntoja (Ya m); 5. Cha d DeF ri es
(Yam ).
125 1NT: 1. Bryan Currie (Suz); 2. Mark Smilh (Hon ).
250 BEG : 1. Robert Bateson (Yam) ; 21aso n Lowther (Ya m); 3.
Michal'! Tucker (Yam) ; 4. David Glynn (Hon); 5. Felix Bendezu
(Kaw).
250 NOV: 1. Trigg G umm (Hon ); 2 Daniel Norman (1-1
01\); 3.
Stev e Kovac (Hon ); 4. Cy Z uidema .
250 !NT: 1. Trigg Gumm (Hon); 2. Darin G~ (Ka w ).
250 PRO: l. Steve Drew (Suz); 2. Eel Red ma n (Hun); 3. C ra ig
Canoy (Yam).
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25+ BEG: 1. John T urner (SUz.) 2. Chris Sanchiri co (Yam); 3.
;
Derek Wells (Yam ); 4. Jerry Finch (J(a w ); 5. Bobby Johnson (Suz) .
25+ lNT : Eddil" Legbu (Sw:); 2. Casey Peck (Ho n).
30+ BEG: 1. Michael H ubbard